Introduction
Chris Smiley (born 6 April 1992) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He debuted in 2016, after winning the Mini Challenge GB in 2013.
Racing career
Smiley began his career in karting in 2000 he finished 3rd overall in the BRDC Stars Of Tomorrow in 2006, he also raced in the Ginetta Junior Championship after winning the junior scholarship in 2007. He went on to win the 2013 Mini Challenge GB title, scoring 9 wins and 14 podiums in 20 races. He made a one-off appearance in the 2014 Volkswagen Racing Cup winning both races at Oulton Park Circuit , as well as finishing 4th in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup in 2014. In January 2016, it was announced that Smiley would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with TLC Racing driving a Toyota Avensis.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | TLC Racing | Toyota Avensis | BRH1 |
BRH2 |
BRH3 |
DON1 |
DON2 |
DON3 |
THR1 |
THR2 |
THR3 |
OUL1 |
OUL2 |
OUL3 |
CRO1 |
CRO2 |
CRO3 |
SNE1 | SNE2 | SNE3 | KNO1 | KNO2 | KNO3 | ROC1 | ROC2 | ROC3 | SIL1 | SIL2 | SIL3 | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | 32nd | 0 |
| 2017 | BTC Norlin Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | BRH1 |
BRH2 |
BRH3 |
DON1 |
DON2 |
DON3 |
THR1 |
THR2 |
THR3 |
OUL1 |
OUL2 |
OUL3 |
CRO1 |
CRO2 |
CRO3 |
SNE1 |
SNE2 |
SNE3 |
KNO1 |
KNO2 |
KNO3 |
ROC1 |
ROC2 |
ROC3 |
SIL1 |
SIL2 |
SIL3 |
BRH1 |
BRH2 |
BRH3 |
21st | 45 |
| 2018 | BTC Norlin Racing | Honda Civic Type R (FK2) | BRH1 10 |
BRH2 17 |
BRH3 16 |
DON1 7 |
DON2 2* |
DON3 NC |
THR1 10 |
THR2 10 |
THR3 9 |
OUL1 12 |
OUL2 18 |
OUL3 Ret |
CRO1 17 |
CRO2 12 |
CRO3 Ret |
SNE1 7 |
SNE2 5 |
SNE3 Ret |
ROC1 4 |
ROC2 7 |
ROC3 1* |
KNO1 8 |
KNO2 10 |
KNO3 11 |
SIL1 25 |
SIL2 18 |
SIL3 Ret |
BRH1 29 |
BRH2 12 |
BRH3 8 |
13th | 152 |
| 2019 | BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type R (FK8) | BRH1 Ret |
BRH2 20 |
BRH3 7 |
DON1 7 |
DON2 Ret |
DON3 11 |
THR1 14 |
THR2 15 |
THR3 11 |
CRO1 2 |
CRO2 27 |
CRO3 24 |
OUL1 16 |
OUL2 Ret |
OUL3 Ret |
SNE1 14 |
SNE2 8 |
SNE3 3 |
THR1 10 |
THR2 21 |
THR3 17 |
KNO1 6 |
KNO2 11 |
KNO3 4 |
SIL1 3 |
SIL2 6 |
SIL3 Ret |
BRH1 Ret |
BRH2 24 |
BRH3 Ret |
14th | 132 |